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The Best Books We Read in November
Casey Stepaniuk 12-01-16
We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We've got fiction, nonfiction, YA, and much, much more- there are book recommendations for everyone here! Some are old, some are new, and some aren't even out yet. Enjoy and tell us about the highlight of your reading month in the comments.
13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough
I adore a good crime thriller and I'm a sucker for a mean teen, and this has both. The 13 minutes refers to the time one of the characters spent being actually dead before being revived with nasty case of amnesia. This weaves the classic twists and turns of a good mystery – even if the victim is still very much part of the action – with the social politics and cruelty of teenage girls. I've enjoyed every Pinborough book I've ever picked up and this is just another one to add to the HELL YES pile.
-Rachel Weber
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal (Norton, 2016)
Humans have always used animals as a natural resource, justifying the killing of our fellow creatures in various ways, but mainly by assuming they are not like us. What if our denialism masks that animals are more like us than we can imagine? Can they think? Are they self-aware? Can they plan, remember and anticipate? Frans de Waal describes scientific research that reveals astonishing answers. When chimpanzees beat human children at video games or birds understand our language or elephants remember people after years, we need to rethink the nature of consciousness. After reading about chimpanzee politics, I felt many people voted not by analytical reason, but by ancient instincts. This book is revealing in two ways – animals are a lot more like us than we believe, and we're still a whole lot like them.
— James Wallace Harris
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
I'm not sure a book has made me fall in love with characters as deeply as I fell in love with Ari and Dante. This book is something very special, tackling a whole bunch of hard topics, and remains realistic and beautiful the whole way.
Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin
When I first learned what this two-book series was about, I honestly thought it was too crazypants to work: a young girl sent to a Nazi concentration camp during World War II gains the ability to shapeshift after undergoing painful experiments. She escapes and joins the resistance which, in this alternative version of history, is still working to stop Hitler, who has triumphed, along with Japan. Our heroine, Yael, trains hard to become a kick ass assassin whose mission is to kill Hitler. I don't want to spoil any details about this book or its predecessor, Wolf by Wolf, but believe me when I tell you that it is a heart stopping adventure with a very satisfying, well-rounded array of characters. Ryan Graudin pulls off the complicated plot with gorgeous prose and an impressive mastery of World War II knowledge. A great enveloping read that will stick with you for a long time.
–Kristy Pasquariello
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay (Grove Press, January 3, 2017)
You can't just use words like "great" or "amazing" to describe this story collection. I settled on astonishing, arresting, and staggering. It requires language that pinpoints at least a little the ways that Difficult Women will wreck you. You will be wrecked, but you will also feel affirmed and seen and known. That may sound like a contradiction, but that is what Difficult Women is all about. The contradictions of existing as a woman in the world. The contradictions of sex, love, and connection. It is possible to want to be held and to be hurt at the same time and that is the essence of these stories.
–Jessica Woodbury
The Fireman by Joe Hill
This was my first Joe Hill novel. I wasn't sure what to expect. I wasn't sure how to approach it. I heard all of these references to Ray Bradbury and Harry Potter when people talked about it, and I couldn't figure out a way to put the two together in a way that I could handle. Then, I found myself with an audible credit and saw that Kate Mulgrew was the narrator. I will listen to that woman read the nutritional information on a box of sugary cereal. What I found as I listened is that the combo of Joe and Kate can't go wrong. He writes stories that are meant to be listened to, and she was meant to be their voice.
–Cassandra Neace
The Fisherman by John Langan
A fellow Rioter recommended this one to all the horror lovers out there and, because I've already read all of the Stephen King, Joe Hill, and Nick Cutter in existence, I jumped. A story about two widowers who have found solace in each other's company and a shared passion for fishing, you wouldn't expect many thrills and chills from the initial premise. But I was immediately drawn in by the book's slow build, which effortlessly combines both present-day horrors with a long, horrific tale from the past. Somebody bring me all of the John Langan!
— Steph Auteri
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey
There's no shortage of love for Colin Dickey's Ghostland here at Book Riot. I listened to this on audio and found it to be a wonderful book that's part architectural history, part anthropology, part travelogue, and part folklore study. Dickey does a great job blending scholarly arguments about cultural memory, trauma, and place-making with contemporary takes on urban legends and ghost stories. It's an incredibly thought-provoking book that manages to ask all sorts of big questions about important topics without being overburdened by dry prose. It's a fun, smart analysis of what makes a place haunted.
–Ashley Bowen-Murphy
This book has received tons of hype in the romance community, and let me tell you, it's all 100% justified. Lucy and Joshua are both assistants to co-CEOs of a publishing company. Every day they work across from each other, but instead of working they spend most of their time trying to annoy one another. They play the mirror game, the staring game, the HR game (this is where they submit complaints to HR about how they're treating each other), and undercut one another at every opportunity. When they have to compete for a new promotion, however, things really start getting serious. I'm a sucker for romance novels where the heroine and hero fight all the time to begin with, but Lucy and Joshua's "games" were hilarious and ridiculously entertaining. The chemistry between them was totally hot and their relationship was so intense I didn't want to put the book down. I also loved the layers Thorne added to the environment the characters inhabited by building on the theme of mirrors and the divided world of Joshua and Lucy's office. If Hollywood doesn't turn this into a romcom, I just don't even know. By far the best contemporary romance I've read this year.
–Tasha Brandstatter
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (ARC, Balzer + Bray, February 2017)
Get ready to preorder, friends. This is the book people will be talking about all of next year. I was lucky enough to be sent an ARC of this heavily hyped YA novel, and let me tell you, it absolutely delivers. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Thomas' debut pulls no punches and dives right in, hitting readers hard within the first few pages.
It's a heart-wrenching read that introduces readers to Starr Carter, a young girl who witnesses the shooting of one of her old friends, Khalil, by a police officer. Torn between worlds as she attends a prep school away from her friends, the tragedy brings her world crashing down around her.
The voice in this book jumps off the page. The novel is electric, powerful, and impossible to turn away from, with a story that will absolutely break your heart and give you hope. Loved All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely? This is perfect for you. Believe the buzz.
— Eric Smith
The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
Funnily enough, while the Attolia series is rife with suspenseful political intrigue, I count it among one of my favorite comfort reads. The characters are full of life, the plot twists are fascinating, and the presence of the gods within the story takes it to the next level. The entire series is great for middle grade and older teens who are into history, or just want a good adventure to read. And the author is working on another book possible (?), so that's very exciting!
— Jessica Yang
Long Division by Kiese Laymon
How can anyone dislike a book that's prefaced with an Outkast quote? Laymon's novel is not only full of satirical energy, but also fearlessly tackles the complexities of contemporary racism facing young black Americans. City, Laymon's narrator and protagonist, is an unforgettable character with a voice that organically brings to life the adolescent challenge of contextualizing history. All the while, the structure of Long Division is cleverly experimental and engaging. This book deserves way more hype.
-Aram Mrjoian
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books).
Everyone on Book Riot has been saying how amazing this book is and I am finally getting around to reading it. Amazing doesn't cover it. Thought provoking, sure. Rage inducing, definitely. Necessary reading, absolutely.
-Kristen McQuinn
Nobody Cries at Bingo by Dawn Dumont (Thistledown Press)
This is quite possibly the funniest book I've ever read; it had me laughing out loud and dog-earing pages to go back to practically every five minutes. Have you ever peed your pants in public? Been called 'bannock belly' by your cousins cause you're a little chubby? Had your mom tell you every boy you're remotely interested in is actually your cousin until you start to get a little suspicious? All these things and more happen to the main character Dawn, a Cree/Metis girl growing up in Saskatchewan on a reserve. If you're a book-loving, socially awkward nerd like Dawn, you'll especially love Nobody Cries at Bingo. She describes herself like this: "If you put me in a group of people, I would find a book and ignore them, too ashamed of my incredible need to be liked to reach out." It's a hilarious, but also heartfelt book that is criminally not very well known.
–Casey Stepaniuk
Sachiko by Caren Stelson
A total, utter gut punch of a story about a girl who survived the Nagasaki bomb. Stelson does an excellent job letting Sachiko dictate the narrative while offering great context and depth with her sidebars. The editorial voice doesn't impede at all, but rather, serves to give just a bit more so we see the whole picture of why Sachiko's survival tale matters so much.
Great, powerful, hard images, along with a must-read author's note. I'd looked at the family tree before reading the last page of the author's note and had a question…which was answered really nicely in the note and made me appreciate this book even more.
Difficult and painful but utterly necessary reading. This was a National Book Award long list title for a reason, and I hope it's one that more and more readers pick up, as it's an outstanding example of nonfiction for young readers.
— Kelly Jensen
The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
A fascinating account of William Moulton Marston, the man who created Wonder Woman, and the many women – especially his wife, Elizabeth Holloway, and his partner, Olive Byrne – who contributed to Marston's odd blend of psychosexual feminism. I'm a historian by training and a comics fan by chance, so combine the two and I'm happy as a clam.
— Megan Cavitt
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt (Atlantic Monthly Press, Aug.1, 2017)
It will surprise zero people to learn that I am obsessed with the Lizzie Borden and the axe murders of 1892, so when I heard there was a new novel about the case coming next year, I squealed and squealed. If you don't know Lizzie Borden, she was the OJ Simpson of her time: famously accused of killing her father and stepmother, then acquitted after the century's biggest trial, despite the overwhelming public opinion that she was guilty. (Basically, a jury of twelve men let her go because they didn't believe women were capable of such brutal crimes back then. Which really works in your favor when you've just axed two people to death.) This novel is like a crazy murdery fever dream, swirling around the day of the murders. Schmidt has written not just a tale of a crime, but a novel of the senses. There is hardly a sentence that goes by without mention of some sensation, whether it's a smell or a sound or a taste, and it is this complete saturation of the senses that enables the novel to soak into your brain and envelope you in creepy uncomfortableness. It's a fabulous, unsettling book.
— Liberty Hardy
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng (Dial Books for Young Readers, February 27, 2017)
I was absolutely mesmerized by this book! Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski wants to launch his golden iPod into space, just like his hero Carl Sagan launched his Golden Record on a spacecraft in the 1970s. Alex spray paints his iPod with gold paint and sets off to capturing the sounds of life, so that extraterrestrial creatures that find his iPod will know what life is like on earth. Alex plans to launch his iPod at a rocket competition in the middle of the desert, and he has made just the right rocket to get it into space. Told entirely through his iPod recordings, we listen as Alex sets off from home with his dog, also named Carl Sagan, and the innovative and often heartbreaking trip he takes on his own and the strangers and family members he meets along the way. Mr. Cheng's incredible storytelling reaffirmed my belief that creativity is still very much alive in children's literature. A wonderful read for middle grade-aged readers and beyond! I already have a list of people I want to give this book to.
— Karina Glaser
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
I technically have not finished reading this one, despite starting in August, but that's because it is so so so so good that I am savoring every word. A loving tribute to my favorite author. One million thumbs up; all the stars.
–Annika Barranti Klein
A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
Coming off the beauty and success of last year's Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Kai Ashante Wilson once again welcomes us to his world of dragons and quantum physics, powers beyond belief and a world as real, as gritty, as strange, and as wondrous as ours. But this time, our hero is not the god-child mercenary Demane, but a young, estranged member of the royal family thousands of years before, a gifted keeper of beasts for the nobility of Olorum, Aqib bgm Sadiqi, whose night wanderings with his cheetah brings him to the attention of Lucrio, a visiting soldier from the nation of Daluca, whose handsome visage and interest in Aqib leads a whirlwind courtship. What follows is a quiet, complex, heart-wrenching, yet hopeful story of queer love, queer celebration, paths taken and those not, magic and science and how the two can at times become indistinguishable, race, gender, class, and more. Wilson's writing is beyond stunning, and the inventiveness of his world, his language, and his dialogue, are only deepened by his innate understanding of his characters, their rich emotion, and their struggles to live and love as they wish to. I will read anything Wilson writes, and A Taste of Honey, with its beauty, its complexity, and its refusal to allow tragedy into a narrative where we see it all too often, only reinforces that belief.
–Marty Cahill
Tattoo Atlas by Tim Floreen
After what happened last year, 17 year-old Rem Braithwaite never wanted to see Franklin Kettle again. Franklin murdered one of Rem's best friends as Rem watched, a nightmare that has haunted Rem's sleep since the day it happened. Now, Franklin is locked away in Juvenile Detention; Rem is doing his best to push the incident out of his mind and move on with the rest of his tight knit group of friends.
Then Rem's mother, a neurologist at a major research lab, claims to have a possible cure for the monster inside Franklin. In an experimental procedure, Rem's mother will plant a small device in Franklin's head—a device she believes she can use to eliminate Franklin's violent impulses.
As with his debut novel, Willful Machines, author Tim Floreen poses philosophical questions about the human condition while telling a story that's creepy, suspenseful, sad, and beautiful all at the same time. I audibly gasped more than once reading this book, certain I knew where the story was going, only to be proven wrong. I can't handle anything that's too dark and twisted but Tattoo Atlas had just the right amount of psychological thriller to keep me intrigued without forcing me to sleep with the light on.
-Katie MacBride
This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell
Daniel Sullivan first met his wife Claudette in a secluded region of Ireland, not realizing at first that she was a famous movie star who'd disappeared. Claudette's history, however, is just one small piece of this complex novel about relationships that haunt us, even after they're long over. O'Farrell uses multiple voices to tell the story, showing how each character has a story of his or her own, even if the novel's main focus is on how those stories touch Daniel's. The book moves around in time, which could be confusing, but mostly created suspense as I wondered what new secret from the past would be revealed. Almost all of the book's characters are flawed in some way, but O'Farrell paints them with sympathy, showing how each faces serious challenges, even if not all of them cope well. (Daniel is perhaps the most difficult to sympathize with, despite being the center of the book.) I loved getting to know these people and enjoyed the experience of watching their stories unfurl themselves before me.
–Teresa Preston
Under the Empyrean Sky by Chuck Wendig
As far as anyone can tell, this is the very first in the hot new one-series big genre of cornpunk. I picked this up because I adore Wendig's dark urban fantasy for adults, and I also enjoy a good YA novel, so why not combine the two? This novel definitely tames down Wendig's usual swearing and edge, but is still a lot of fun. It follows 17-year-old Cael McaAvoy and his friends as they face the dreaded government-controlled spouse pairing, and Cael fears losing his first love, Gwennie, in the process. Meanwhile, he and his friends take on rivalries and get seeped into the politics between the ground and the Empyrean elite who live above it. The stakes of this story start out small but escalate quickly in the final third, and is an enjoyable read for anyone who loves sci-fi YA.
–Emily Wenstrom
Unmentionable by Therese Oneill
Have you ever thought about the fact that Jane Eyre and Rochester probably had a stinky chamber pot under their bed the first time they made sweet love? I'm guessing not. Never fear! This book will banish your silly romantic notions of life in the nineteenth century and make you laugh out loud while doing it. In Unmentionable, Therese Oneill serves as tour guide on a hilarious and educational journey back in time to the Victorian era. She probes into the private aspects of life as a Victorian woman, covering everything from menstruation and masturbation to bathing and birth control. And let's not forget the early history of that magnificent invention, the toilet. (It's very exciting stuff, let me tell you.) Between wisecracks and clever one-liners, Oneill reveals the misogynistic underbelly of the Victorian era and how harmful and antiquated theories about female biology, sexuality, and emotions persist to this day. I can't recommend this book highly enough.
–Kate Scott
The Unseen World by Liz Moore
It has been a long time since a book captivated me from beginning to end, but that is exactly what happened with this book. The story follows Ada Sibelius who is raised and homeschooled by a single father, David, who is a brilliant scientist. As David's memory begins to fade, Ada is forced to move in with a family friend and then hunt out for the truth of David's past. The plot is propelled forward as Ada slowly discovers more details about David's life, but the real heart of the story lies between the relationship between Ada and her father, and going through the experience that I think every child has as they realize that there is significantly more to their parents than the image you have of them as a child. Liz Moore perfectly captures the experience of growing up and realizing that the way you imagined the world around you was not what you thought it was.
–Rincey Abraham
Victoria: The Queen by Julia Baird
It's not often I'm able to read a nonfiction book in one sitting, much less a historical biography, but that's just what happened with Julia Baird's new biography of Queen Victoria. Baird writes beautifully, crafting a careful narrative around Britain's second-longest reigning monarch. Her research is thorough, and she really provides the reader with a sense of what Victoria the woman and Victoria the queen were like. But most of all, this book is compulsively readable. Don't let the 500+ pages of this biography intimidate you: you'll breeze through this enjoyable biography as easily as the first season of Netflix's The Crown.
-Swapna Krishna
We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang
I began this book before the election and felt then that it was an important book, but after the election, it began to feel absolutely essential. It's an essay collection on race in America and covers debates about diversity, histories of student protest, Black Lives Matter, race and the Oscars, what it means to be Asian American, and a thorough retelling of everything that happened in Ferguson. Chang is an excellent writer — clear, incisive, and moving. Anybody who wants to understand America better needs to read this.
–Rebecca Hussey
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (Simon Pulse, May 2017)
Menon wrote an utterly delightful novel and broke my heart by writing an ending because I want nothing more than to keep reading about Dimple and Rishi forever. For-EV-er. I fell in love with the cover and without reading the summary dove into reading it. The characters, story, and spirit of the book match the gorgeousness that is the cover. Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel may be two different people starting their paths into adulthood but they're both about to find out that life stands in your way and shakes things up no matter how much you plan. This book was a hug to my black heart that made me laugh and constantly cheer for the characters. I'm looking forward to it being a huge hit of 2017.
–Jamie Canaves
Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson (Penguin Books, 2016)
As someone growing up, I tend to put my idols on pedestals. Mara Wilson won my heart as Matilda, and as herself on the Nostalgia Critic website where she plays a version of herself that has risen from another dimension to seek revenge. Mara Wilson writes about her life, how she got into acting, why she left the business, and how she entered a new profession: writing. She writes with honest self-effacement and reflection, about her girlhood and teenage years. She wrote Harry Potter fanfiction, and is now writing for Night Vale.
— Priya Sridhar
Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley (Knopf, June 2017)
I adored Cath Crowley's Graffiti Moon, so I was expecting to enjoy this — but it's about childhood friends who develop feelings for one another, and the timing was just always off, until maybe it isn't (sigh…my favorite romance storyline) and it's set in a used bookstore with a wall of shelves that hold books that act as mailboxes, with people leaving notes in the margins and letters tucked between pages. So I of course loved it. If you like YA with lots of heart, mark the US release date of this Aussie novel on your calendar.
— Molly Wetta
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Running as a passive sport.
I'm horrified to discover that, somewhere along the meanderings of my life, I've collected some runners along the way. I'd call them "friends who run", but that doesn't really seem to cover the collective insanity that runners embody. They go out running in weather that is too cold, too wet, too hot, too dry. They track their time, they track their distance using cool gadgets like Nike+ (which, by the way, I could totally get into if I didn't also have to run in order to use it). They may actually look normal in real life, but get them into running mode and you find they wear oddities that no other people in their right minds would be seen wearing: lycra, spandex, bibs, fanny packs, water bottles. Their shoes have enough technology in them to launch a NASA shuttle. Or, they don't wear shoes as much as what I fondly refer to as Hobbit feet (although, in retrospect, they really seem to be more gorilla-like. My bad.). They eat protein goop along the run, and can be seen equally running solo or running in packs.
They are an odd breed, these runner friends of mine.
And yet, I keep befriending them. Because, really, other than this particular personal flaw, these are some of the smartest, funniest, coolest people I know (and I feel I must say yet again, in my own defense, these people look normal, if a little too healthy, at first glance). My friend Jeff just recently blogged about running alfresco (I'll leave the explaining to him); my friend Allan is such the geeky runner, he has a long running (ouch; unintentional) blog and recently-featured-on-iTunes running podcast; and I swear to God my multitasking friends and co-knitpistols Stevie and Hannah would run and knit at the same time, if they could. Frankly, I'd be shocked if they haven't at least tried it.
Let me remind you I work with these crazies.
Lest you think this is a relatively new thing, I recently discovered an old friend is actually a serious marathon runner (those mentioned above are also a part of that dirty club). Tony is probably one of the most famous people I know and can call a friend (I mean, he even has a Wikipedia entry; damned overachiever), and we have stories that probably shouldn't be told from our days in NYC. I'm not really sure there's anything Tony cannot do, and now he's added marathons to the list. But today he's on the brink of a new personal first: tomorrow he runs Boston. He's even gonna try running it "barefoot" in his gorilla feed–errr, Vibrams. I told you: crazy. He's blogged about it on his long-running iJamming! blog, and you should read it. Not only because I love his writing but because, like most of these crazies who run, when they talk about the running everything else falls away, and you see the love, the excitement, the fear, and the determination to work towards a goal that you've set for yourself. It's really not about besting other people, it seems, as much as it is about besting yourself.
And every so often, I get another glimpse into why these crazies run, and it humbles me. I think to feel passion, in whatever format it takes, is one of the greatest victories we can experience. Whether it be in family, in love, in work, in play, passion reminds us why it is we do what we do. Best of luck, Tony, as you take on the Boston Marathon. May you run like the wind. I will never live to run or run to live, but I applaud the effort of pushing yourself to new limits, and I will stand at the proverbial side of the race and cheer you on.
But don't expect me to wear those damned gorilla feet.
UPDATE: I'm happy to report Tony made his goal of coming in under 3:30:59, and has qualified for next year's Boston Marathon if he so chooses. While it might not be a PR (personal record), after seven and a half years since his last major marathon, I think it's incredibly impressive. In gorilla feet, no less. Congratulations, Tony! You crazy Brit.
Just found something at my web site that links to all the posts that link to mine. As I said to the Homer Simpson spectator in Boston: d'Oh!
Thanks for the kind words. I'm really glad the love of the running shows in the writing. It really doesn't have to be running: it could be square dancing, chess, mushrooming… it's just great to have something that takes you out, in all zen-like senses of that word.


Do you have that place you go where you just feel relaxed? I'm not talking about home, although that would ideally be the place you go for comfort and relaxation. I mean, the place you go, out of the house, when you need to get away and just get lost in the peace you feel when you're there.
I've got a few and I thought I would share them with you all. Also, I've got a little surprise!
I wrote about the tea room on my blog a few years ago – you can read about it in detail here – and no surprise, but it hasn't stopped being one of my favorite places. It's just so comforting and the people are the best.
I originally wrote "Barnes and Noble" on my list because I heard someone mention that their husband takes their daughter their once a week to play in the kids area, and it made me think about how much I love and have always loved the bookstore. But then I got to thinking about how much I love all bookstores and how much peace they bring me just by walking around and browsing. I love books and I have such fond memories from my childhood spending so much time in them. Even as an adult I find myself just wanting to go get lunch or dinner and then wander around the bookstore for as long as possible. That's a full date to me. And it would probably partially explain my love for You've Got Mail.
Any time Shane calls me and asks what I'm doing, all I have to do is tell him to take a guess and he immediately responds with, "Target." I feel like I'm going to get some eyerolls about this one, but I don't even care. Sometimes all it takes for me to recenter is a stroll around Target and I'm good. I do wish they hadn't redone the stores because I'm set in my ways and I don't like change to my favorite places, but that won't stop me from spending time (and money) at my favorite place.
Starbucks is the obvious choice because of the convenience and familiarity factors, but honestly, just give me a coffee shop and I'm happy. Because the Dallas area is as relatively diverse (and surprisingly eclectic), I've found that the decor of a coffee shop doesn't really affect the coziness and comfort I feel while I'm there. And despite some reviews that say otherwise, I've yet to visit a coffee shop where I felt anything less than welcome. And if you're wondering, Pearl Cup in Richardson is still my favorite.
Michaels, JoAnn Fabrics, Hobby Lobby – oh my! There's not a craft store around in which I can't get lost. I don't mean literally lost – I could probably tell customers where to find something in almost any of those stores and I don't work at any of them. I just mean that, like bookstores, I get so wrapped up in thought and ideas and excitement that I lose track of time and spend way too long there. There's always something to be made and always ideas running through my head.
If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen that I just recently hit 1000 followers! Because of that, I thought I would do a little giveaway. YAY!
Of all of my favorite places, tell me in the comments which one is your favorite/the one you'd most love to win a gift card to and why! The giveaway closes on Thursday, August 23rd at 11:59 PM CST, and I will be choosing and announcing a winner at random on Friday, August 24th. If you'd like; you can follow me on Instagram and leave your username with your comment so I can go follow you, too!
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I can relate to so much of the things on your list. 🙂 I love bookstores, coffee shops, and craft stores too! The gif of the Central Perk coffee shop from Friends made me chuckle. Funny story, I recently went on a free guided tour in Central Park and the tour guide pointed out a fountain that many people mistakenly believe is the same fountain the cast of Friends was playing around in during the opening show credits. The real fountain that was used is actually in California lol.
But I mean target… I live there! LOLOL.
Elijah (my oldest) just told me a joke today and referenced target… I think that speaks volumes to how much we go!
I loved Hastings! My grandma lives in Arkansas and we used to go all the time.


Logically leads to mathematically sound "incredible." The music is a numbers game. Of course, we must carefully observe the rules that is prescribed. Friendships. François. Toute logique mathématique conduit à des sons inouïs. La musique est un jeu de nombres. Bien sûr, il faut respecter très attentivement les règles qu'on s'est prescrites. Amitiés. François.
An exploration of intimately executed harmonics, the effect is rarefied, delicate and strangely, full of awe.


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Q: Hide queryParams in browser URL Angular 2+ Router I am migrating my app from AngularJS 1.x to Angular2+, and i can't really get how to pass parameters between routes without having them displayed on browser URL.
In fact, using
router.navigate(['myroute'], { queryParams: { parameter: 1 } });
changes my url to something like
http://localhost:81/myroute?parameter=1.
How can i keep the url address to just http://localhost:81/myroute passing the parameters i need?
Bear in mind this was definitively possible using ui-router.
Thanks

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As a Labour activist, I only have to hear the words 'General Election' to start dusting off my waterproof and comfy trainers and mentally prepare to leaflet and door-knock for the foreseeable future. Growing up in the North-East, I've seen first-hand the benefits a Labour government can bring.
A Labour government changed my life and electing a phenomenal Labour MP and Labour councillors has done nothing but improve the city I now call home, Leeds. I will always campaign for future generations to receive the opportunities I have had as a result of a Labour government and to see an end to the Tory austerity that is destroying our communities.
As we have seen today, however, in the immediate future, a General Election that would make this possible is not going to happen. 118 Conservative MPs did not have confidence in Theresa's May's deal, yet they have propped up her failing government in the name of selfishness and self-preservation, not what is best for the people of this country. It is clear the Tories are unequipped and unable to deal with Brexit, and now a General Election is no longer an option. Parliament cannot agree on a deal.
We need to bring it back to the people.
There is now only one clear strategy for the Labour Party: to support a People's Vote.
If the Labour Party gives the Tories a free reign with Brexit, they will continue to inflict suffering on the people of this country, particularly those who are already marginalised.
I campaign for a People's Vote because I am a passionate Northerner, not in spite of the it, and I cannot sit on the side-lines and watch a disastrous Tory Brexit wreak havoc on the region that I love. The entire country will suffer, but many regions in the North and the North-East disproportionately so.
No one is saying they 'know better' than the millions of people - including the community I grew up in - that voiced their discontent with the status quo and voted leave.
We are saying that this government cannot be trusted to deliver a Brexit that represents what was promised to the people and that won't damage our country for generations. We are saying that we cannot stand by and watch as the Tories plunge our country into isolation and ruin. We are saying that the voices of young people from the communities that will be greatly affected should, and will, be heard.
The Labour Party I joined fights for those who are suffering and the most vulnerable in our society. Letting the Tories stay at the driving wheel for Brexit will hurt those who need our help the most.
I am delighted to see more and more Labour MPs joining the fight for a People's Vote, especially those who represent Northern constituencies. I hope to see more Labour MPs put their trust in their constituents and the leadership put their trust in the people.
We need to finally bring this Tory governments catastrophic handling of Brexit to an end. We need a People's Vote.


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An Open Letter to Carly Rae Jepsen
Carly Rae Jepsen, experienced tune architect and holder of the key to lifelong happiness through music.
photo copyright Interscope Records
Carly Rae Jepsen, we have to talk.
I just need to get a few things off my chest. I have some confessions, some apologies, and some praises I need to get out in the open so I can breathe easy again. To do this, I've decided to make a few major categories of conversation. It's like our own little kiki, just the two of us. Except this is an open letter and everyone can see it. And you probably will never read this. That's okay, let's just do this.
Well, let's talk about the start of the worldwide career of indiscriminate phone number distributor Carly Rae Jepsen. A hit on the caliber of "Call Me Maybe" is a blessing and a curse; you became a household name, but only with that song's title attached to it. It's just not fair, CRJ. Although the song is great, we both know you've done better. But unfortunately, most of the world's general population doesn't know that – with the exception of Japan, apparently, but we'll talk about them later. What an ignorant bunch the rest of the world is. They're really missing out on the wonderful world of Leonard Cohen-enjoying, Bruce Springsteen-listening, Van Morrison-appreciating pop banger maestro Carly Rae Jepsen.
Kiss, the international debut album we all didn't appreciate in 2012
We just didn't take it seriously. To be fair, we were just coming off of "Call Me Maybe," a golden pick-up song mistaken as novelty that was shoved into our ear holes three times every waking hour of every day for like six months. Moreover, the pop music stan population had just become obsessed with Lana Del Rey and Marina and the Diamonds. We had heard your voice on a loop for months and were a bit distracted by American daddies in the pale moonlight and home-wrecking, heartbreaking primadonna girls. There was just a lot going on, you know? We had no time to put Carly Rae Jepsen, the cultural opposite of Rita Ora, into our schedules.
I'll admit that I'm guilty of discounting both the breakthrough hit and the album upon first listen. As time progressed, though, I began to see the light, just like many other people. So on behalf of everybody, I apologize, because Kiss is packed with bops. For real, albums artist Carly Rae Jepsen, you delivered so many bops on that thing. "Tiny Little Bows," "Hurt So Good," "Curiosity," "Turn Me Up," "Guitar String / Wedding Ring," "Drive." All bops. They reaffirm your well-deserved title of Carly Rae Jepsen, Pop Music CEO.
The free concert I didn't attend in 2012
Chances are that you don't remember this, but you played a free gig at the Ohio amusement park Cedar Point in the eye of the "Call Me Maybe" storm. Guess who lives thirty minutes from said amusement park, has a season pass, and didn't take advantage of the free concert starring Carly Rae Jepsen, the Millennial pop deity who walks among us but exists simultaneously as a spirit that flows through all humanity.
That's right. It was me. In retrospect, I hate myself for missing what would have been the event of my lifetime. The video that lives online still taunts me to this day, for I am not in the front row, yearning to come face-to-face with Carly Rae Jepsen, the single-headed organism and largely harmless banger magnate, as she hosts a sing-along of her number one smash at one of my favorite places to spend time in the lukewarm Ohio summers.
"Beautiful" and the Biebs
Okay, so you collaborated on a not-so-stellar track with Justin Bieber at a time when it was not cool to do so. Just so you know, you're forgiven; everybody makes mistakes, even Carly Rae Jepsen, the Canadian. He did, after all, help jumpstart your international pop career, so I suppose you owed him one. But you know what's cool nowadays? Collaborating with Justin Bieber. Ask Diplo and Skrillex. So look at you, you trendsetter; every cloud has a silver lining. You should know that already, though, seeing that you are Carly Rae Jepsen, the only source of light in a world otherwise shrouded in darkness.
E•MO•TION
So we've established that Kiss is a lot better than we all gave it credit for back in 2012, yes? Even still, E•MO•TION is undoubtedly on the next level. Where did this come from, Carly 'Epitome Of All That Is Right In The World' Rae Jepsen? How did you disappear for two years and come back with a body of work that became the pop album of the year without the sales of the typical pop album of the year candidate?
It bleeds its '80s influences, so immersed in the time period that it could camouflage itself as a multi-platinum effort of an authentic '80s teen-pop titan. And those lyrics, oh my gosh. You can feel the warm blood (feels good, I can't control it anymore) pumping through those heartfelt lines as sadness-in-her-voice pop behemoth Carly Rae Jepsen masterfully delivers them.
With E•MO•TION, you one-upped Taylor Swift, who named her album after the last year of the decade that inspired the both of you. (That one's gutsy. She's a powerful woman who wants to keep her throne. I'm surprised her team didn't break into the studio and delete the master files of your album before you could release it.) You won over the critics who normally despise all that is good and holy in pop music. You even got decent scores from Pitchfork and Anthony Fantano, that self-righteous YouTube lad who automatically discounts most major-label female artists. That's some pop witchcraft that only critically vindicated tune alchemist Carly Rae Jepsen is capable of conjuring.
The 231 songs we didn't get from the E•MO•TION sessions
You said you had 250 songs for the album. All bonus tracks and new tracks on the Japanese remix album included, you've given us 19. That's just not enough, Carly Rae 'Of Light' Jepsen. There has to be more gold sitting in that pile of 231 tracks. Okay, there may be a few duds in there, but I'm sure there are enough tracks to throw together a six-disc E•MO•TION repack titled MAS•TER•PIECE. (I've been dreaming of this for a while and have thought it through, if you can't tell.) Don't let your label tell you it's not feasible, either; look at Ellie Goulding, releasing two-disc deluxe edition albums and 500-track album repacks every other year. This MAS•TER•PIECE proposal really isn't that extreme in comparison.
That scrapped indie-pop album between Kiss and E•MO•TION
Alright, what kind of indie-pop are we talking here? Like folksy guitar stuff or just great pop stuff that would never break onto radio airwaves? Whether you've noticed or not, larger than life pop is kind of in your wheelhouse and you're clearly slaying it. But non-amateurish songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen's one-night stand with banging indie-pop à la Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence alternative rock experiment could be quite the experience.
"Run Away With Me"
Say what you want, but this song is the pop song of the century. All other opinions are incorrect. I want that saxophone solo to blare in the stadium as I walk across the stage to get my college degree next year, to play me down the aisle at my gay wedding a decade from now, and to soundtrack my casket's decent six feet below the Earth many decades from now.
Actually, scratch that last part. I want it played at my funeral, where the saxophone will shake me alive from the grips of death for a 4-minute, 11-second dance extravaganza with my loved ones. I will drop dead once again as the final echoes of "ME" fade away. That is, unless someone hits replay. So what if I'm supposed to have an appointment with death? I can miss it for a second round of "Run Away With Me" by away-running force of nature Carly Rae Jepsen.
And as you've taken note, star of stage, screen and seven-second loop Carly Rae Jepsen, the song has also somehow turned into the meme of the century, which is completely okay by me. The ones that include someone getting nailed by a vehicle as the chorus hits are the ones I relate to the most; that's honestly how I feel when I'm listening to it myself.
Record sales and radio hits
Both of your international albums haven't done so hot commercially here in the United States and "I Really Like You" just didn't stick with American radio listeners, but you know what? Don't even fret. You're Canadian Idol-losing strength of the human spirit prover Carly Rae Jepsen. You don't need to sell millions of records and be used and abused by Top 40 stations again for validation.
In a way, you've crossed over to viral fame, in the same vein as the two artists that cock-blocked you from our attention after your first hit in 2012, and for such an artist, you're doing just fine. Even without a radio hit in the States, you have still garnered a fair amount of views on YouTube, retained a loyal cult following, and generated enough buzz to embark on a tour run here. Radio hits are overrated, anyway, especially when you have an incredibly solid album to stand behind.
Goodness gracious, the Japanese really love you, don't they? From what I've gathered, you and Avril Lavigne are all the rage over there. And you love them right back, Japan-favoring bonus track and remix album distributor Carly Rae Jepsen. So it looks like Japan is the country for me. I'm packing a bag (while everyone's sleepin', sleepin') once I'm done writing this. The move will be worth it; I belong with my people, in a land that appreciates you as much as the United States doesn't. All for you, Carly Rae Jepsen, the singer so good they named her three times. Or 72 times, but who's counting?
In closing, anyone reading this who is not song-singing certified human Carly Rae Jepsen, go buy E•MO•TION today. And Kiss, too, if you'd like. Or at the very least, download "Run Away With Me" from iTunes. Or at the very, very least, watch the homemade, Instagram-chic video for "Run Away With Me."

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Top-50 defenses to meet in volleyball's AAC opener
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Temple (4-4) will play its highest ranked opponent of the season to begin American Athletic Conference play. Wichita State (8-3), ranked 24th in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, will visit McGonigle Hall for Temple's cherry-out game at 7 p.m. The match will be the first meeting between the two schools.
"We're excited about the opportunity and excited to start our conference schedule here at home against them," coach Bakeer Ganesharatnam said. "Wichita State is a top-25 program, and they're playing a really competitive schedule. It's great to have such a competitive team in our conference."
Although it is Wichita State's first year in The American, it made its impression on the league before the season even started. The Shockers were picked as the conference favorite in The American Preseason Coaches' Poll with seven first-place votes and 116 points. Temple placed third in the preseason poll with 101 points.
When the teams meet on Friday, expect a competitive battle at the net. Both are ranked in the Top 50 of Division I in blocks per set. The Owls average 3.02 blocks per set, which ranks 14th, while the Shockers rank 44th with 2.54 blocks per set.
The top three block leaders in The American are all from Temple. Junior middle blocker Iva Deak, senior outside hitter Izzy Rapacz and senior middle blocker Janine Simmons all are averaging 1.36 blocks per set heading into Friday's play. The player averaging the fourth most blocks per set in The American is Wichita State redshirt-freshman middle blocker Emma Wright at 1.19 blocks per set.
The Shockers also have the reigning conference Defensive Player of the Week, redshirt-freshman libero Giorgia Civita. She leads the conference with 5.51 digs per set. As a team, Wichita State ranks No. 42 in Division I in digs per set with 16.74.
Offensively, the Shockers top The American in kills per set and hitting percentage. Wichita State is currently averaging 13.69 kills per set on a 24.3 hitting percentage and is led by junior outside hitter Tabitha Brown, the conference's kills leader. Brown transferred from the University of Alabama after she averaged 4.15 kills per set during her freshman season. Brown has recorded a double-double in five games so far this season.
The Shockers are coming off a weekend where they played two ranked opponents and came away with a 3-1 victory against then No. 8 Creighton University. The upset is The American's only win against a top-25 opponent.
"If you're going to bring in somebody to the conference, we want them to be good," Simmons said. "Wichita State is a strong addition to the conference. Whenever you have a home opener against a really great team, everyone's excited and it always ends up being a great game no matter what."
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Overview On November 13, local time, Adobe officially released security bulletins and advisories to announce the remediation of multiple vulnerabilities in such products as Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, and Adobe Photoshop CC.
Overview Recently, VMware has released a security advisory to document the remediation of two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2018-6981 and CVE-2018-6982) in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. The two vulnerabilities were disclosed by a Chinese cybersecurity firm Chaitin Tech at the international hacking contest GeekPwn2018.
Overview On November 7, 2018, local time, Cisco released a security advisory to announce the remediation of two critical vulnerabilities in the Stealthwatch Management Console (SMC) and the Utility Express respectively.
Overview Recently, Cisco released an official security advisory to announce fixes for multiple high-risk vulnerabilities, which could cause a denial of service and remote code execution.


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 * The following is taken from the Rx Design Guidelines
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 * Messages sent to instances of the {@code IObserver} interface follow the following grammar:
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Seán M Muller
public sector academic economist, extramural public servant academic (for now)
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I am a senior lecturer in economics at the University of Johannesburg, as of 1 August 2016.
From July 2014 to July 2016 I worked as an economist in the South African Parliamentary Budget Office and continued my intellectual/academic work in my own time. At the beginning of 2016 I was appointed as a Research Associate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg, and remained affiliated to the Southern African Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU). I was previously a lecturer and PhD candidate in the School of Economics at UCT and briefly a senior researcher at the Development Policy Research Unit. I received my PhD in Economics in 2014.
The primary theme of my personal/academic research concerns the scope and limitations of microeconometric methods, with a particular emphasis on the external validity of randomised trials, causal inference and public policy. Within this I have specific empirical interests in education and development.
In the area of my primary technical expertise, applied microeconometrics, I have also taken an interest in the estimation of intergenerational mobility – though my work in this area is irregular.
A second, separate research agenda, concerns foundational issues in microeconomics with a specific emphasis on characterisations of individual choice and empirical tests of the related assumptions or predictions.
In addition, I have draft papers on a number of topics in the philosophy of economics. The first of these deal with issues relating to causal inference, but I am now expanding the scope of this work to include analysis of economic and econometric methodology more broadly.
Finally, following from my work at the Parliamentary Budget Office, I have additional research interests relating to the role of independent fiscal institutions, fiscal forecasts, and various South African fiscal policy issues.
I can be contacted at: academic{at}seanmuller.co.za (which I check irregularly), or using my academic/professional contact details here.
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Q: Does new energy creation exist? I know that basic physics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but why is that true? For example, one theory called Quantum Fluctuation states that 'normal' and anti energy is constantly being created and then colliding throughout the universe. But experiments at one particle accelerator (I think it was the Large Hadron Collider) showed that when you collide a particle and its anti-energy equivalent, there are more 'positive' emissions that anti-emissions. Wouldn't this mean that energy is constantly being created, since the collisions would create more particle emissions than anti-particle emissions?

A: If there is evidence of some balance problem that involves energy the missing energy must be somewhere and the extra energy must come from somwhere.
A good way to see this was detailed in the Fyenman Lectures, where Richard Feyman explained conservation of energy in a very simple way.
So the answer is:

*

*No, Energy cannot be Created or Destroyed.


This park has boating, fishing, swimming, hiking, biking, and wildlife viewing. There are paved lakeside paths as well as 3.5 miles of biking trails. Paddle boards are available for rent, in addition to other water craft.
We are organizing the rally in Loop A, and Loop B is available as necessary. Electric is available at all campsites. Water stations are available throughout the campgrounds and a dump station is also on site. Activity information will follow.
If you have already made your reservation, please be sure to let the hosts know. For those who still need to register, please contact the hosts with your site numbers after making your reservations. Your rally hosts are Oksana Kowalsky and Melissa Willis at dogma1x3@gmail.com, Kathy Arthofer at katart1@aol.com and Maryanne Hencken at mahencken@aol.com.
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Classical Itineraries
Special Itineraries
ROME FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES
Scooter tour Rome
rome open city
Among the thousands and thousands of pages of its history, the city of Rome bears traces of the wounds left by the tragic events of World War II. Numerous would be the facts and the places to be remembered, but there're various sites and some monuments in the city skyline that stand out more than others as they are directly linked to emblematic episodes of the drama and the endless horror of those days.
The south area of the city, for example, was the protagonist of the beginning of the "Resistenza Romana" at Porta San Paolo (St Paul's gate in Piazzale Ostiense). After the proclamation of the armistice, in a general climate of uncertainty, civilians and volunteers chose spontaneously to fight the Nazi occupation and four hundred of them paid their heroism dying.
Few weeks later was carried out the deportation of the Jews people from the Ghetto area while the Gestapo looked for, day in and day out, imprisoning and subjecting to any kind of torture partisans and innocents at the SS's prison located in a building in Via Tasso converted today in a museum. And from the prison in Via Tasso and from that of Regina Coeli were taken most of the 335 people sacrificed at the "Fosse Ardeatine" on 24th March 1944 as an act of retaliation against the attack occurred the day before in via Rasella against the Germans .
The tour, conducted with the help of a vehicle, includes stops at Porta San Paolo for the reading and discussion of the commemorative plaques, a visit to the "Historical Museum of the Liberation" where it's possible to visit the prison cells and approach to a rich and dramatic documentary collection; the memorial monument of the Fosse Ardeatine, site of the gruesome massacre of innocents chosen as the burial after the war. Eventually possibility to reach the area of the ancient Jewish ghetto, today a place of memory not only for the Roman Jews.
THE GIANICOLO HILL AND THE MUSEUM OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Our itinerary will let you discover this enchanting hill, from whose summit you can admire the most famous monuments of Rome and even the beginning of the Alban Hills. Thanks to its view, this romantic hill is one of the favorite places for lovers!
The hill is closely linked to the modern history of Italy and our Risorgimento, having been, in 1849,scene of armed clashes between the Republican troops, led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, and the French troops intervened to defend the Papal authority.
Even if the war went badly for Garibaldi and the italian patriots, the Hill became symbol of freedom and sacrifice for the Unification of the Country.
That's why the main plaza is named after Giuseppe Garibaldi and a beautiful, bronze equestrian statue stands right there, celebrating the hero of the two Worlds.
Near by, there is also a monument in honour of his wife, Anita Garibaldi, corageous and faithful woman, who always followed her husband and died in dramatic circumstances.
Recently, a Museum dedicated to the Roman Republic has been inaugurated: it keeps documents, reconstructions and multimedia devices functional to re-call the history of the hill.
The Museum is housed in the St. Pancrazio's door, renewed after the battles of the year 1849.
The itinerary takes about 3 hours and it can include a stop at the Monumento Ossario Garibadino, a mausoleum that keeps the remains of those who died during the events of the Roman Republic (1849) and the battles that led to the proclamation of Rome as Capital of the Unified Country of Italy (1870).
THE CENTRAL MUSEUM OF THE ITALIAN RISORGIMENTO
The Central Museum of the Risorgimento is arranged inside the Vittoriano or Altar for the Nation, the majestic and white monument built for the Unity and the Freedom of the Italian citizens in the aftermath of the process of unification that ended in 1870 with the proclamation of Rome as capital of the new kingdom. The documentary collection, equipped with memorabilia, pictures and various materials offers the students and the History enthusiasts an excellent opportunity to retrace the phases of the Risorgimento, providing a complete historical context that goes from the Napoleonic period to the First World War. At the end of the visit it's interesting to admire the reliefs, the statues and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the center of the Vittoriano, symbol, today, of all the deads of the Great War.
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#include "polygon.h"

polygon::polygon(const std::string& name,
                 const rapidjson::Value& json_rings):
  _name(name),
  _outer_ring(json_rings[0])    // First ring as exterior ring.
{
  auto out_bbox = _outer_ring.bbox();

  // Setting inner rings.
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                json_rings.End(),
                [&](const auto& r){
                  _inner_rings.emplace_back(r);
                  auto in_bbox = _inner_rings.back().bbox();
                  assert(out_bbox.contains(in_bbox.bottom_left())
                         and out_bbox.contains(in_bbox.top_right()));
                });
}

std::string polygon::get_name() const{
  return _name;
}

bool polygon::contains(const osmium::Location& loc) const{
  bool contained = _outer_ring.contains(loc);
  for(const auto& r: _inner_rings){
    contained &= !r.contains(loc);
    if(!contained){
      break;
    }
  }
  return contained;
}

bool polygon::contains(const osmium::Node& node) const{
  return this->contains(node.location());
}

osmium::Box polygon::bbox() const{
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}


As of July 16, 2018, the below listed airlines are actively engaged in flight attendant hiring, are conducting flight attendant open house interviews and/or are accepting resumes/applications. This flight attendant jobs update is posted weekly, so be sure to visit the AirlineCareer.com Blog often! And please don't forget to pass this free update along to your friends by clicking on the share buttons.
Interviewing for Minneapolis based Flight Attendant Ground Instructor and Minneapolis based Manager, Inflight Standards & Compliance. Also offering flight attendant jobs for Seattle based flight attendants. Flight Attendant Open House Interviews (Information Sessions) are by invitation only. To be considered for an invitation, you must first complete an online application. If your background and 10 year work history are a fit, you'll receive an invitation to an Information Session via email. See website for Information Session postings and details. Compass added a new Phoenix crew base in 2017. For information regarding flight attendant careers at Compass Airlines, please contact [email protected].
Flight Attendant Open House Interviews: 7/16 – Oklahoma City, OK; 7/16 – Bossier City, LA; 7/17 – St. Louis, MO; 7/17 – Boise, ID; 7/18 – Salt Lake City, UT; 7/19 – Phoenix, AZ; 7/19 – Charlotte, NC; 7/19 – Houston, TX; 7/23 – Jamaica, NY; 7/23 – Albuquerque, NM; 7/24 – Irving, TX; 7/24 – Seattle, WA; 7/25 – El Segundo, CA; 7/26 – San Diego, CA; 7/26 – Holland, OH; 7/30 – Las Vegas, NV; 7/30 – Wichita, KS; 7/31 – Nashville, TN. No invitation is required to attend a flight attendant group interview; however, applicants must complete an online application and should review the flight attendant job requirements prior to attending. See website for more details.
Flight attendant jobs available for various bases. Also hiring Fort Lauderdale based Supervisor of Inflight, Miramar based Inflight Compliance Specialist and Inflight Operations Supervisor. Apply online and take the online assessment to receive an invitation to one of the flight attendant open house interviews. See website for more details.


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In Season Three of this popular television series, Golden Globe winner Laura Linney (2011, Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, The Big C) returns as Cathy Jamison, a cancer survivor who learns to fully live life for the first time. This season finds Cathy's cancer in remission, and Cathy considering drastic life changes, such as assuming a secret identity and adopting a baby. Cathy's husband, Paul (Oliver Platt), survives his heart attack and becomes a motivational speaker with the help of a sketchy mentor (Susan Sarandon). Andrea (Gabourey Sidibe) embraces her African heritage, while Cathy's son, Adam (Gabriel Basso), finds religion.


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NCSEHE 2020 Equity Fellows
The NCSEHE has appointed four new Equity Fellows who will conduct targeted research projects to advance student equity research, policy and practice.
Two of the four 2020 Equity Fellows are Mr David Eckstein (Swinburne University of Technology) and Dr Tim Pitman (Curtin University) and they will undertake year-long projects focusing on students with disability.
Mr David Eckstein's Fellowship project, Meaningful jobs for graduates with disability: From luck to business as usual, will address inequities in post-graduation employment and graduate programs for students with disability.
"Graduates with disability experience inferior employment outcomes compared to students without a disability," Mr Eckstein said.
"This Fellowship aims to add disability to the national conversation about student employment by identifying best practice initiatives and developing open-access tools and guidelines for all universities to use."
Dr Tim Pitman will conduct Australia-wide research on Supporting people with disability from regional, rural and remote Australia, to succeed in higher education
"Currently, there are anywhere between 8,000–10,000 people from regional Australia, who identify as having disability, undertaking higher education studies," Dr Pitman said.
"In this project, I am excited to be working with students with disability, and the higher education staff who support them, to deepen our knowledge and understanding about what works, and what doesn't."
Further information on the new Equity Fellows


Professional snowboarder Travis Rice is no stranger to seeing his name in lights. After storming onto the snowboarding scene 15 years ago with his backcountry mastery he has become one of the sport's most recognisable talents. Over the years he has appeared in over 20 snowboarding films, but his latest, The Fourth Phase, which airs on October 2, is his most personal yet.
A feature-length exploration of Mother Nature's relationship with snow sports, The Fourth Phase is more than just another snowboarding film. Its release has been long awaited by Travis's global fan base and with the date now imminent he's looking forward to taking some time away from the camera and getting back to what he does best – being one of the world's greatest riders.
Telegraph Ski & Snowboard are hosting the only UK cinema screening of The Fourth Phase on December 8 2016 at Red Bull's HQ in London - visit eventbrite for tickets.
What's the story behind The Fourth Phase?
With this film we really wanted to focus on the energetic cycle of weather and primarily water – the way it moves from sky to slope to sea. The Fourth Phase water cycle thesis by Dr Gerard Pollack, along with the life of the hydrologist, someone who has committed their life to studying water, have interested me for the last 10 to 15 years.
After finishing our previous film, Art of Flight, it finally got to a point when we felt like we were ready to embark on this mission and make a film about it.
How long has it taken to produce the film?
The idea started five years ago – but for the most part we shot for three full winters in the mountains.
What's the link between the hydrological cycle and snowboarding?
Where I live, in Jackson Hole, we're on the continental divide, which is where the break water sheds either east into the Atlantic or back west to the Pacific. Here we're at the furthest reaches of the circular water cycle. We wanted to follow the weather's energy around the North Pacific, which at its fastest point takes three years to do one full rotation. That's one of the reasons we spent three years working on the project.
The hydrological cycle we wanted to follow also meant following the seasons. I spend my summers on the ocean and my winters in the mountains. I'm basically living on the same water but at different stages of the cycle.
The film is shot in some amazing locations. Which was your favourite?
It's tough to choose; every place has its own unique characteristics that make it interesting. One of my favourite places is Japan – it has a little bit of that exotic element to it and the amount of snow they get is crazy. Where we were riding is one of the snowiest places on the planet and that's pretty magical.
It's also nice to be able to wake up in your own bed before you go out on the mountain, so Jackson Hole is a big favourite of mine too.
What were the biggest challenges of making the film?
Hands down the size of our production and the quality we were trying to achieve. It's a big challenge to take thousands of pounds worth of camera equipment deep into the backcountry on a daily basis in the middle of winter, when days are short and temperatures are often well below zero. It's hard to work with that many people and that much equipment and still be productive.
It was a miracle that we were able to capture what we did and I think that's a testament to us having the most badass crews on the planet. I've often heard filmmakers say that snowboarding is the hardest sport to shoot.
What makes snowboarding hard to film?
It's so dependent on light. You end up with these small windows in which you can shoot – your timing has to be perfect. We'll go weeks without getting a shot sometimes. It can be frustrating but you just put your head down and try to let all expectation go when it comes to dealing with the natural world.
What makes The Fourth Phase different from other films you've made?
I think all of our films have something unique. What separates this film from the rest is that it's much more personal – it's the most personal film I've ever worked on. We had this idea of really taking a look at things that matter to us and what it means to live in this incredible world. This film was an attempt to tell a more honest story.
What do you enjoy most about making a film of this magnitude?
We didn't make this film so we could show up and say "cheers" with champagne flutes at the premiere. We didn't even make this film for the finished product we could share with our fans. The real reason we made it was for the process itself – that's what I enjoy most. The ability to take a period of time and go and immerse myself in the locations I feel so at home in. For me that's the true gift and beauty of what I do.
What are you up to this coming season?
I've been formulating something I'm calling the anti-plan, where I just shut down and say no to any type of plan. I'm excited to just blow where the wind takes me this winter.
But I'm also excited to travel to some snowboarding events and help my friends and sponsors out on their own projects, because they've shown me so much support.
You've been called a legend by some – how does that feel?
I appreciate the accolades… But quite frankly at 33 I'm way too young to be dropping the "L" word! Wait 'til I'm on crutches in my old, grey and bitter 80s and then maybe it'll be justified. I'm grateful for the position I'm in, but at the end of the day I'm just another dude who happens to snowboard good.
What advice would you give to wannabe snow-sports athletes?
Just follow your path and let intuition guide you. If I've learnt anything over my short years on this planet, it's that you really can do anything you put your mind to. Intention is one of the most powerful forces for us humans, and it's incredible what the act of willingly focusing on a future plan or goal can bring you.
The Fourth Phase is free to watch on Red Bull TV on Sunday October 2 2016 at 9pm. The film will go on sale from October 3. For more information visit thefourthphase.com.


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Bonobos Kanzi and Panbanisha with researcher Sue Savage-Rumbaugh.
Workshop explores ape-human communication
By Linda B. Glaser |
Panbanisha, a bonobo, uses lexigrams on the keyboard to communicate.
Drawing, making fire, using language and creating stone tools are considered the "suite" of characteristics that signaled either the appearance of language or perhaps the arrival of a new species.
Bonobos (pygmee chimpanzees) have demonstrated all of these abilities after seeing them modeled. Videos of bonobos making and using stone tools and communicating using lexigrams (arbitrary symbols) opened "Eloquence of the Apes: A Trans-Disciplinary Workshop on Apes, Language and Communication," held Oct. 20-21 at Cornell and featuring primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and her research.
The workshop examined questions related to apes, language and communication, bringing researchers from multiple disciplines to examine and reassess the language of our closest relatives, encompassing orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, as well as modern humans and their fossilized ancestors.
Savage-Rumbaugh began her work with apes and language in the hope that she could help developmentally challenged children who had failed to acquire language. It soon became clear to her, she said, that the traditional approach to teaching apes to communicate was fundamentally flawed. Language, as Laurent Dubreuil, professor of Romance studies, noted in his talk, is about dialogue, not conditioned responses.
Savage-Rumbaugh immersed the apes in the same kind of language-rich, interactive environment that humans are raised in, with intensive human interaction and the need for meaningful communication. "We now know that our brains are not only very plastic, but that they grow new neurons at a rapid rate. Humans start behaving in new ways because of cultural changes," said Savage-Rumbaugh. Bonobos share 99 percent of their genome with humans, and their nervous systems are equally flexible, she said.
The workshop sessions were divided into three themes: evolution and origin of communication in human and nonhuman primates, what language brings to apes, and the apes and the humanists. Cornell presenters included Dubreuil, Morten Christiansen, professor of psychology and cognitive science,and Barbara Finlay, the Kenan Professor Emerita of Psychology.
Christiansen spoke about "Language Evolution Through the Bottleneck: From Milliseconds to Millennia," arguing that "linguistic structure is a product of cultural evolution, not biological adaptation." He advocated for uncovering the constraints on language that work across evolution, acquisition and processing.
In the 1990s, paleo-anthropologists Nick Toth and Kathy Schick taught Kanzi the bonobo to produce stone tools using techniques that were adopted by our early ancestors.
Finlay spoke on "Human Eloquence Arising in a Unique Ape Life History." Human exceptionalism, she said, arises not from brains or longevity, but from the timing of birth and weaning, menopause and fertility.
The concluding roundtable, "The Apes and the Humanists," featured humanists and social scientists including Cathy Caruth, the Rhodes Professor in the Humanities; Peter Gilgen, associate professor of German studies; and Sonia Ragir, professor emerita of anthropology, animal behavior and conservation at Hunter College.
Caruth drew on her work with trauma and human vulnerability. She noted that the growing field of trauma studies offers one perspective on nonhuman communication; the question of speechlessness is a significant one in trauma work, she said.
Gilgen addressed the long-standing question of whether animals suffer, in order to question the practices of domination and imprisonment of our closest biological relatives. For example, he asked, when apes do not respond during experiments, is it because they are not "in the mood"?
The enthusiasm demonstrated at the workshop by participants from numerous disciplines is carrying over into new collaborations – even, perhaps, a cross-disciplinary institute for language studies or the origins of culture, said Dubreuil. "Not just about chimps and bonobos. After all, we're apes too."
Dubreuil and Savage-Rumbaugh are working on a book, "Dialogues and the Human Ape," that explores philosophical big-picture questions such as what is human, what is ape and what is the nature of thought. The book is scheduled to be released next year.
Another collaborative project will create video testimonies of people who have worked with the apes. According to Caruth, video testimonies are a genre arising partly out of work with Holocaust survivors. Caruth is collaborating with Dubreuil on the project.
Linda B. Glaser is a staff writer for the College of Arts and Sciences.
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu


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ChemSearch Journal
Adsorption of Heavy Metals from Steel Processing Effluent on Sodium Hydroxide Modified Nigerian Kaolinite
F.A. Adekola
Keywords: Adsorption, Clay, Effluents, Heavy metals, Steel
This study investigated the quality level of heavy metal-laden effluent discharge (wastewater) from a steel processing plant in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria and the utilization of NaOH treated Nigerian kaolinite clay as low-cost adsorbent for remediation of the effluent. Physicochemical analysis of the wastewater was carried out and the clay adsorbent was characterized using X-Ray Diffractometry (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy coupled with Electron Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM/EDS). From the results obtained, XRD reflection peaks of the 63 μm fractions obtained after purification revealed the clay as kaolin. FTIR absorption bands at 3689.64 and 3619.67 cm-1 represent surface -OH stretching of the octahedral and inner -OH between the tetrahedral and octahedral sheets. The EDS spectra of the kaolin following treatment with NaOH showed an increase in silica and alumina content from 15.92% to 24.81% and 13.36% to 15.58% respectively. Physicochemical parameters of the raw effluents were above the recommended limits set by National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) of Nigeria for industrial discharge. The metal ion concentrations were 309.0, 20.50, 40.40 and 10.90 mg/L for Fe2+, Pb2+, Zn2+ and Cr6+ ions respectively. Successive reuse of the treated clay in four adsorption cycles recorded removal efficiency of 99.77, 99.95, 98.91 and 99.91% for Fe2+, Pb2+, Zn2+ and Cr6+ ions respectively and decrease in the physicochemical parameters to permissible level. The Water Quality and Metal Pollution Indices (WQI/MPI) of the effluent after adsorption showed the treated wastewater fulfilled environmental requirement for industrial discharge. The study concluded that NaOH treated clay offered potential for remediation of heavy metal-laden industrial effluents.
The copyright belongs to Chemical Society of Nigeria, Kano State Chapter.


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Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift.
This past week, nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) were announced and Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to point out of the systemic inequalities that exist in many spheres of the US, including the VMAs. She tweeted about how if she were a different kind of artist, her video Anaconda would have been nominated for a lot more awards (including video of the year). Minaj implied that if she had been white, more nominations would have happened for Anaconda.
If I was a different "kind" of artist, Anaconda would be nominated for best choreo and vid of the year as well. 😊😊😊
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
After a bit of Nicki Minaj tweeting about racism within the music industry, Taylor Swift jumped in and tweeted about how she had done nothing but support Minaj over the years. Swift seemed to take Minaj's tweets as a very personal call out, tweeting:
@NICKIMINAJ I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot.. — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 21, 2015
However, Nicki wasn't passive aggressively calling out Taylor at all but was instead addressing the issue of racism within the music industry and how black women hardly ever get credit for the hard work they do that impacts culture. Ellie Woodward wrote an article over on Buzzfeed talking about Nicki Minaj's faved tweets show the reason reason for the Taylor Swift "feud", many of which address the cultural impact of the Anaconda video, how Taylor totally missed the point, and how the media started painting Nicki as an angry black woman and Taylor as the innocent white woman in the Twitter fight.
(Janet Mock's below tweet was so great at pointing out the racist implications of the imagery that was being used in reports of the fight and asked for the imagery to be reversed.)
Dear @EW: Let's reverse the imagery & not uphold the #angryblackwoman stereotype. pic.twitter.com/INNPP4Az90
— Janet Mock (@janetmock) July 21, 2015
Nosheem Iqbal wrote a great article about this issue over on The Guardian, highlighting the main points of what Minaj was tweeting and how the debate is much bigger than Swift's ego. Among so many other things, Iqbal wrote that:
The broader point Minaj is making is clear: throughout music history, black women aren't recognised in the popular music canon in the same way their white counterparts are. As Minaj tweeted: "If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year … I'm not always confident. Just tired. Black women influence pop culture so much but are rarely rewarded for it."
And oneofthosefaces wrote another amazing thinkpiece about the feud, talking about how Taylor Swift is still not a feminist, and brought up so many other great points. At the beginning of the article, oneofthosefaces highlighted that Minaj wasn't taking jabs at Swift (like so much of the media seems to report) but that Minaj was in fact talking about the racism within the music industry, saying that:
… let's be clear about who Nicki was talking about when she was indirecting. The 'Anaconda' video, which Nicki felt was deserving of a Video Of The Year nomination, snatched the VEVO record from Miley's 'Wrecking Ball' (which did earn a VOTY nom) and reclaimed black women's bodies for black women… after Miley spent the whole of 2013 building an adult career on the back of strapping on a fake booty and twerking her way to stratospheric success. If you rundown Nicki's tweets and retweets, she was drawing parallels, not suggesting any of this year's nominees had taken her spot. Her argument was specifically about the difference in the way white bodies and black bodies are portrayed. It's an argument she's made before, when she compared "acceptable" white girls in bikinis to her "unacceptable" 'Anaconda' cover art.
The good news is that Taylor Swift did finally apologize to Nicki Minaj for making the entire situation about her, although I do think that's an exceptionally low bar. Instead of reacting to Minaj's tweets and making a conversation about systemic inequality about her, Swift should have asked herself many questions and should be reading up on intersectionality to become a better feminist.
Category : Feminism
Tags : Feminism, intersectionality, media, racism
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